Monte girls fall to Jacks, Tigers

The Montevideo girls basketball team found points hard to come by in losses to Dawson-Boyd and Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta the past week.

Bruce Olson, sports editor

The Montevideo girls basketball team found points hard to come by in losses to Dawson-Boyd and Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta the past week.

The Thunder Hawks, who are now 1-2 on the season and 1-1 in the West Central Conference South, have conference road games with Yellow Medi­cine East today (Thursday) Lac qui Parle Valley Friday. Montevideo will host Lakeview in a non-conference game Tuesday.

Dawson-Boyd 54, Montevideo 37Dawson-Boyd scored 22 unanswered points in the first half to take a commanding lead and the Blackjacks went on to score a 54-37 non-conference win over Montevideo Thursday at Dawson.

After Tia Diggins' basket gave Montevideo a 5-4 lead, the Thunder Hawks went about 12 minutes without scoring as the Blackjacks opened up a 26-5 advantage.

The closest Montevideo would get in the second half was at 36-22 on Natalie Feldhake's basket with 9:32 to play.

Sophomore guard Justine Lee had an excellent all-around game for the Blackjacks with 12 points, 11 rebounds, seven assists and four steals. Mari Lee led all scorers with 16 points.

With the score tied at 12-all, the Tigers closed the first half on a 26-5 run, despite losing one of their top players, Katie Holz­heimer to an injury.

The T-Hawks trailed 38-23 midway through the second half before staging a rally.

Ashley Hoehne scored on an assist from Tia Diggins, and Jesse Janisch made a steal and layup. Following a Tigers basket, Hoehne scored seven straight points, converting a three-point play, making two free throws and hitting a 15-foot jumper to pull her team within 40-34 with 5:35 to play, but the Tigers pulled away down the stretch.

Hoehne had a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds, plus five steals.

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